A husband has won his appeal against a judge’s decision that allowed his wife a second chance to improve her divorce settlement. The case involved a couple who had been married for several years and had one son. At the final hearing of the wife’s application for a financial settlement, the husband proposed that she
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has issued guidance on how couples should deal with cross border divorce after the UK leaves the European Union. It says that if your divorce is making its way through the courts in England or Wales at the time the UK leaves the EU then your case will continue under
A wife was entitled to a financial settlement from her husband that reflected British law even though their divorce was granted abroad. That was the decision of the High Court in a case involving an Omani man and Lebanese woman. The couple had been married for 12 years and had lived a luxurious lifestyle in
A husband has failed to overturn what he considered an unreasonably generous divorce settlement imposed after a judge held that he had misled the court. The case involved a couple who married in 1995 and separated in 2016. They had three dependent children. The wife had looked after the home and worked part time. She
A man has reduced his periodical payments to his ex-wife after he argued that his business income was not a matrimonial asset. The couple married in 1988 and had four children who are all now adults. The family had a good standard of living thanks to the husband’s successful business. After they divorced it was
A mother has lost her appeal against a special guardianship order which placed her children in the care of their paternal grandparents. The case involved children who had been the subject of a child protection plan due to parental neglect. A residency order was made and the children lived with their parental grandparents. The mother
A mother has successfully challenged a decision to place her baby up for adoption, because the judge dealing with the case didn’t take the necessary time and care. The case involved a mother who gave birth to her baby at the age of 16. The local authority accommodated them in a mother and baby placement
A wife has failed in her attempt to force the immediate sale of her former husband’s company shares as the High Court ruled it was “was not a propitious time to sell”. The wife had applied for financial remedy orders after the seven-year marriage broke down. She was from a wealthy family and the couple
The government has launched a review on how the family courts protect children and parents in cases of domestic abuse and other serious offences. The three-month project aims to ensure that the family court works first and foremost in the explicit interests of the child, including their safety, health and well-being. The review, chaired by
Five children have been taken from their mother after she allowed the youngest child’s father to live in the house despite him having a history of violence. The mother had four children from a previous relationship, and her youngest with her current partner. The local authority had barred the partner from visiting the house, due